News about Tinariwen

Next week, Tuareg desert blues greats Tinariwen will follow up 2014's Emaar
with Elwan
, another album that the group recorded in Joshua Tree, California. They recorded both LPs in the US because they've been forced to leave their Mali homeland. The new album features guest appearances from a few other guitar mystics, including Kurt Vile,…

Next month, the great Toureg desert blues band Tinariwen return with their new album Elwan
. And as with their last album, 2014's Emmaar
, the band recorded it in Joshua Tree, California because they've been forced to flee from their Mali homeland. They've just shared the new song "Assawt," a dedication to the Tamashek women fighting…